The Dem debate the other night featured first tier candidates and second tier candidates, but a guy that many people never heard of – calling him third-tier is generous – stole the show. No telling where this goes, but for the moment Mike Gravel is extremely popular among those who saw the debate and cared enough to voice an opinion.
Read moreYou simply must be kidding me. Justice Dept official resigns over investigation connected with Abramoff
Read moreYou know, if you’re CNN, you could at least try to get it right. Go to CNN.com’s Politics page and scroll down a little. In the right column there’s a box that says WHO’S IN THE RACE? Click on the gallery right under it. There you have “a look at who’s running for president, who might get in the race
Read moreAt first I was tempted to take Condoleezza Rice’s “no thanks” to a Congressional subpoena as yet another example of executive branch arrogance. But then I realized that’s she’s actually very busy … resurrecting the Cold War? OSLO, April 26 — Brusquely dismissing protests by Russian officials, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here on Thursday that a missile-defense system
Read moreUPDATE: Now the FDA is investigating whether melamine may have gotten into … wait for it … baby food. It started out as a pet food contamination crisis – dozens of dog and cat food brands associated with Menu Foods were recalled because pets were dying. An investigation was launched, and as these things so often go, it just keeps
Read moreIn talking about the new war funding authorization bill today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi offered some comments on how Congress (specifically the Dem Congress) is trying to rein in and narrow Bush’s war-making powers. In the process, she made a comment that worries me a little. I don’t think I’m bothered so much that she said it, exactly,
Read moreHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a blogger call this afternoon to discuss the reconciled House/Senate Iraq spending bill. Bob Geiger’s post on the passage this morning seems to capture the thrust of Pelosi’s message today – Dem leadership have worked to set goals and are going to force Bush to “differentiate himself” on the issue with the American public. Perhaps
Read moreOnce upon a time, Republican moral high-grounders turned a blowjob and land deal-gone-wrong into the end of the world. If you didn’t buy those arguments at the time, you’re probably fairly annoyed at how things have gone with the current administration. If you were convinced that the Clinton “scandals” merited special prosecutors and articles of impeachment, then I imagine you’re
Read moreThis just in from the Beeb: Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died, the Kremlin says. Mr Yeltsin was 76. The cause of death has not yet been announced. He had a history of heart trouble. (Story.)
Read moreSo, Matt Drudge is reporting that MSNBC is going to try out Michael Smerconish for the Imus spot. Word floating around is that they won’t even consider a progressive host (like the folks at Air America, for instance) because they’re “too biased.” Okay, that’s fine in principle. So this means that Smerconish is “unbiased” – cool! Except, well, judge for
Read moreSome of this is killing me. Special thanks to the kind gentleman who pulled it all together and sent it along via e-mail. So, let’s start with Dubya, who’s loving him some Gonzo. “President Bush was pleased with the Attorney General’s testimony today. After hours of testimony in which he answered all of the Senators’ questions and provided thousands of
Read moreFirst John McCain is joking about bombing Iran (watch video here). Now it looks like – maybe this isn’t a one-off? Holy shizzle – is John coming out of the End Times closet right before our eyes? Check this latest reminder from Talk to Action: TIM RUSSERT: So we could have two wars at once? SEN. McCAIN: I think we
Read moreI hope this doesn’t become a regular thing, being pissed off before 9am. Maybe I should just avoid the news until after lunch. Anyway, here are a few things I’m not terribly happy about this fine morning: Clear Channel is for sale.
Read moreThe Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense just turned up the burner under the Bush war machine. And then dumped some gasoline on the stove. From Raw Story: Rep. John Murtha, a veteran of the U.S. Marines who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, said that President George W. Bush cannot continue to carry out his current
Read moreThe stuff rolling across the transom this morning isn’t filling me with rainbows and unicorns. First off, as I wipe the sleep from my eyes I realize that the Virginia Tech tragedy wasn’t all just a horrible dream. I’m reminded of a similar crisis that hit my community eight years ago, and I grieve deeply for Blacksburg. Then Cenk Uygur
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